30 Easy Gluten and Dairy-Free Side Dishes

Crisp, healthy, and delicious Air Fryer Frozen Green Beans are super quick and easy to make. They’re a one-bowl treat that is just perfect when paired with a hint of zesty lemon. Ideal if you’re catering for gluten-free, vegan or vegetarian diets.

These caramelized mushrooms are incredibly simple and packed full of flavor. They taste amazing on their own or alongside grilled chicken or steak.

Sweet potatoes with kale and caramelized onions are is an easy vegan, paleo, and whole 30 side dish that requires just 3 ingredients.

Senegalese Black-Eyed Pea Salad with Tankora Peanut Spice Mix. This healthy protein-packed salad works great as a #vegan side dish or snack.

This easy, healthy Air Fryer Zucchini squash recipe is packed with flavor for the perfect side dish, appetizer, or snack. Naturally vegan, keto, and gluten-free.

If you are looking for the perfect Copycat Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice recipe, this is the one for you.

A flavorful Moroccan inspired Harissa Chickpeas dish delicately spiced with orange and fresh herbs. This spicy side dish is vegan, quick + easy to make and bursting with beautiful flavors!

These creamy, crunchy, sweet, and salty Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic and Crispy Chickpeas will spruce up any main dish.

Fresh peas and shiitake cooked to perfection in a buttery ginger sauce. This is an incredible side dish that even the kids will devour! This simple ginger peas recipe is quick and easy to make and goes with most main meals.

Roasted Turmeric Cauliflower is a healthy, low-carb snack packed with flavors and infused with herbs and spicy peppers.

These Instant Pot Refried Beans are a staple in our house. They are creamy and satisfying, yet incredibly affordable and freeze well. Enjoy these flavorful pinto beans over rice, in tortillas, or however, you desire. You won’t believe how easy this recipe is!

Maple Roasted Root Vegetables make the perfect side dish for your Thanksgiving table or any time of the year. Earthy beets, carrots, apple, and Brussels sprouts are tossed with a delicious maple, dijon, and thyme dressing.

Make yourself some flavorsome and delicious basmati Chana Pulao, or chickpea rice in 30 minutes. Featuring fluffy basmati rice and creamy chickpeas, it will definitely leave you wanting for more. This chickpea pulao makes a great weeknight dinner that is vegan, filling and nutritious.

Cauliflower Cashew Confetti Salad - vibrant cauliflower brings great color and texture to this salad - a perfect potluck recipe. Layers of flavor and crunch with a bright lemony shallot dressing.

Air fryer broccoli is a super easy side dish that goes perfectly well with your meat or chicken dishes. Learn how to make the best air fryer broccoli that will make you fall in love with this vegetable!

This delicious Vegan Creamed Kale is a twist on the classic spinach side dish. It’s simple, quick, easy and the perfect complement for any dinner, from everyday to Thanksgiving.

Love cooking but hate cutting vegetables? Then this tender okra fry recipe is for you! This hassle free recipe can be a good side dish on your dinner table. It is also a terrific finger food idea for your fussy toddler.

Poireaux vinaigrette is a simple poached vegetable dish with a vinaigrette dressing. Poireaux means leek in French and this leeks vinaigrette recipe is so easy to make. In France it is often served as a starter, but we like to serve it as an easy side dish.

Crisp, crunchy and bursting with flavor, this Napa Cabbage Salad is utterly addictive.  This vegan salad is packed with sweet and savory flavor, tossed in an Asian dressing, and is the perfect meal prep recipe!

Atakilt wat or Atkilt wot is a traditional Ethiopian stir-fry dish of cabbage, carrot, potato and flavored with turmeric and cumin powder. It is simple, easy-to-cook, and nutritious. The recipe follows mainly 3 steps and takes 30 minutes to cook. 

These AIP Mashed Sweet Potatoes are a simple and delicious accompaniment to any meal. We use tasty Japanese sweet potatoes in this recipe for a slightly sweet herbed flavor profile, yielding creamy whipped sweet potatoes that the whole family will love. This recipe is paleo, vegan, Whole30 and AIP compliant.

These Greek potatoes are crisp on the outside, have creamy centers, and are so very flavorful. They’re naturally gluten-free and this recipe has a vegan option.

A super easy oven roasted bok choy recipe, made even better with roasted garlic! It makes a naturally low carb, gluten-free, keto, paleo and healthy side dish.

This recipe for easy Roasted Parsnips is simple, fast and adaptable, making it an ideal vegetable side dish. Naturally sweet and earthy, and pretty to boot, pair these caramelized parsnips with fish, chicken or steak.

Blistered Shishito Peppers make the perfect appetizer, snack, or side dish that can be ready in under three minutes only! They are really irresistibly good with a mildly spicy, sweet, and smoky taste. They are delicious on their own but also go great with your fave dips and sauces. 

This recipe for easy keto Mexican cauliflower rice is a perfect side dish! It’s light but flavorful, and it comes together in just minutes with only 4 ingredients.

Aloo gobi - Here comes the best and simple, delicious and flavour packed cauliflower potato stir fry. Aloo means potato and Gobi to cauliflower. This is a popular Indian dish which is prepared in every home in India and it goes well with plain rice, roti or chapati.

A delicious, fresh, and filling Mexican Tomato Salad with Black Beans, Corn, and Avocado that makes for a perfect summer salad or side dish.